Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 433 453
Rank change year-on-year -110 +20 +92
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 59 54 83
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.46% 1.71% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 24 61
10th Percentile £500 £378 £165
25th Percentile £519 £475 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £575 £433
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +32.95% +4.22%
75th Percentile £612 £613 £530
90th Percentile £716 £665 £600
UK median daily rate £575 £500 £433
% change year-on-year +15.00% +15.61% +8.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - - £33.50
25th Percentile - £29.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate - £33.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - -28.95% -32.14%
75th Percentile - £39.69 £56.25
90th Percentile - £49.38 £61.50
UK median hourly rate - £33.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year - -28.95% -26.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,029 3,165 4,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.59% 13.07% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,494 1,982 2,906
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £605
90th Percentile £675 £675 £698
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 120 385
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.09 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.41 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.39% -3.98% +131.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.06 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.43 £70.40
UK median hourly rate £28.96 £40.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.49% +1.25% +116.22%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -73 22 £600 +25.00% 1
North of England -61 19 £608 +62.13% 5
North West -28 18 £609 +62.40% 4
South West -32 11 £538 - 1
Midlands -52 4 £225 - 3
West Midlands -56 4 £225 - 3
South East -67 2 £500 -13.04% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £475 - 1
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 41 (69.49%) Firewall
2 34 (57.63%) NX-OS
3 33 (55.93%) BGP
4 24 (40.68%) VLAN
4 24 (40.68%) WAN
5 22 (37.29%) DNS
6 21 (35.59%) DHCP
7 20 (33.90%) OSPF
8 17 (28.81%) Wireless
9 16 (27.12%) NAS
9 16 (27.12%) SAN
9 16 (27.12%) Structured Cabling
10 15 (25.42%) VPN
11 14 (23.73%) MPLS
11 14 (23.73%) Network Security
12 13 (22.03%) LAN
13 10 (16.95%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (16.95%) IOS XR
14 8 (13.56%) SD-WAN
14 8 (13.56%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Git
2 2 (3.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (49.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.78%) Finance
6 3 (5.08%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.39%) Police
8 1 (1.69%) Legal
8 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.69%) Publishing
8 1 (1.69%) Retail
8 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (49.15%) Network Engineer
2 17 (28.81%) Architect
3 8 (13.56%) Senior
4 7 (11.86%) Automation Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Security Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Technical Architect
5 6 (10.17%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Network Architect
6 5 (8.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Cabling Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Help Desk Support
9 2 (3.39%) Help Desk Technician
9 2 (3.39%) Support Technician
9 2 (3.39%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) LDAP
2 4 (6.78%) Jinja
3 2 (3.39%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.39%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (44.07%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.86%) PKI
3 6 (10.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.39%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.56%) Linux
2 7 (11.86%) Ubuntu
2 7 (11.86%) Windows
3 3 (5.08%) Android
4 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.69%) CentOS
5 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) ITSM
2 15 (25.42%) Network Segmentation
3 9 (15.25%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (15.25%) Mentoring
4 8 (13.56%) Change Management
5 7 (11.86%) Agile
5 7 (11.86%) Performance Management
6 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (10.17%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (8.47%) AI
7 5 (8.47%) CI/CD
7 5 (8.47%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.47%) Migration
8 4 (6.78%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (6.78%) Load Balancing
8 4 (6.78%) Network Design
8 4 (6.78%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (6.78%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.51%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) PHP
3 2 (3.39%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.69%) Perl
4 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (49.15%) Security Cleared
2 28 (47.46%) CCNP
2 28 (47.46%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (42.37%) SC Cleared
4 16 (27.12%) CCNA
5 15 (25.42%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (25.42%) Server+ Certification
6 8 (13.56%) DV Cleared
7 5 (8.47%) CCIE
8 4 (6.78%) APMG
8 4 (6.78%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (6.78%) Degree
8 4 (6.78%) GIAC
8 4 (6.78%) SSCP
9 3 (5.08%) GSEC
10 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (10.17%) NIST
2 5 (8.47%) SLA
3 4 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 10 (16.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (15.25%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.39%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.39%) vSphere
5 1 (1.69%) Firmware
5 1 (1.69%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (23.73%) Ansible
2 7 (11.86%) vCenter Server
3 5 (8.47%) Terraform
4 4 (6.78%) FortiGate
5 3 (5.08%) SCOM
6 2 (3.39%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (3.39%) SCCM
7 1 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (25.42%) ServiceNow
3 12 (20.34%) Fortinet
3 12 (20.34%) Palo Alto
4 10 (16.95%) Arista
4 10 (16.95%) VMware
5 7 (11.86%) F5
5 7 (11.86%) Juniper
6 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
7 2 (3.39%) Canon
7 2 (3.39%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.39%) Genesys
7 2 (3.39%) Infoblox
7 2 (3.39%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.69%) Apple
8 1 (1.69%) Aruba
8 1 (1.69%) Broadcom
8 1 (1.69%) Meraki
8 1 (1.69%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.69%) Splunk